Relationship between dental caries experience (DMFS) and dental fluorosis in 12-year-old Puerto Ricans

Community Dental Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 244-250

  Elías Boneta, Augusto R ^a   Psoter, W ^a,b   Elias Viera A E ^c   Jimenez P ^a   Toro, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

12 year olds; Children; Cross sectional study; Dean Index; Dental caries; Dental fluorosis; DMFS; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PUERTO RICO; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH DISEASE; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PUERTO RICO; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33845640851     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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